Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey
College Exam 1 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Correct Answers | New
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What during labor increases the risk of neonate aquiring acute
encephalitis? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔active herpes simplex virus-2
How do you administer meds? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔starting with the lowest
dose and titrating up slowly
What is pain is associated with? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔actual or potential tissue
damage
When pain stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, what does it result
in? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- increase in BP
- increase in HR
- increase in RR
Where are catecholamines released from? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔adrenal
medulla
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,Where are steroid hormones (cortisol & aldosterone) released from? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔adrenal cortex
What does unrelieved pain lead to? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- increases glucagon
production
- decreases insulin secretion
- depress immune function
- can lead to addictive behaviors
What initiates inflammation, contributes to tissue sweeling, and pain? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Prostaglandins
What can nerve root injury lead to? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔allodynia (pain that is
associated with non-noxious stimuli)
What is needed for renal blood flow? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Prostaglandin
Pain is? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔whatever the patient says it is
What is the single most reliable indicator of pain? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the
patient's self-report
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,How do NSAID's preimarily produce pain relief? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔by
preventing prostaglandin formation
What does acetaminphen not have? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔any inflammatory
properties
What do you manage nociceptive pain with? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- local
anesthetics
- non-opioids
- opioids
What does 0 on the 0 - 10 numeric pain rating scale indicate? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔no pain
What does the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale consist of? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔cartoon faces that the patient (ages 3 and up) selects to report thier
pain level
What does the visual analog 10cm scale represent? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔no
pain to the worst pain, the patient marks a spot somewhere in between
indicating their pain level
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, What pain scale helps indiviuals describe the intensity of pain? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔verbal descriptor scale
What does a comprehensive pain assessment consist of? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔- duration (when it started/lasted)
- type (intensity/assoc factors/influencing fators)
- location
What patients do we avoid the rectal route for med administration? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔thrombocytopenic
What type of effect do topical agents produce? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔local
What type of effect do transdermal agents produce? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔drug
absorption into the systemic circulation
What would help reduce complications related to pain for patients? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔provide a PCA
How do we administer around the clock pain relief for post-op and chronic
pain? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔provide analgesics, never wait for chronic pain to
reoccur
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College Exam 1 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Correct Answers | New
Update
What during labor increases the risk of neonate aquiring acute
encephalitis? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔active herpes simplex virus-2
How do you administer meds? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔starting with the lowest
dose and titrating up slowly
What is pain is associated with? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔actual or potential tissue
damage
When pain stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, what does it result
in? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- increase in BP
- increase in HR
- increase in RR
Where are catecholamines released from? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔adrenal
medulla
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,Where are steroid hormones (cortisol & aldosterone) released from? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔adrenal cortex
What does unrelieved pain lead to? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- increases glucagon
production
- decreases insulin secretion
- depress immune function
- can lead to addictive behaviors
What initiates inflammation, contributes to tissue sweeling, and pain? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Prostaglandins
What can nerve root injury lead to? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔allodynia (pain that is
associated with non-noxious stimuli)
What is needed for renal blood flow? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Prostaglandin
Pain is? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔whatever the patient says it is
What is the single most reliable indicator of pain? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the
patient's self-report
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,How do NSAID's preimarily produce pain relief? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔by
preventing prostaglandin formation
What does acetaminphen not have? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔any inflammatory
properties
What do you manage nociceptive pain with? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- local
anesthetics
- non-opioids
- opioids
What does 0 on the 0 - 10 numeric pain rating scale indicate? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔no pain
What does the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale consist of? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔cartoon faces that the patient (ages 3 and up) selects to report thier
pain level
What does the visual analog 10cm scale represent? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔no
pain to the worst pain, the patient marks a spot somewhere in between
indicating their pain level
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, What pain scale helps indiviuals describe the intensity of pain? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔verbal descriptor scale
What does a comprehensive pain assessment consist of? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔- duration (when it started/lasted)
- type (intensity/assoc factors/influencing fators)
- location
What patients do we avoid the rectal route for med administration? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔thrombocytopenic
What type of effect do topical agents produce? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔local
What type of effect do transdermal agents produce? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔drug
absorption into the systemic circulation
What would help reduce complications related to pain for patients? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔provide a PCA
How do we administer around the clock pain relief for post-op and chronic
pain? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔provide analgesics, never wait for chronic pain to
reoccur
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